Tatting-shuttle



M. E. DEAN. TATTING SHUTTLE. APPLICATION man MAR. |0.-1920.

1,40 ,058, M Patented Dec; 20, 1921.

I \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\xu\ UNITE idiihfihiiii MARION ELIZABETH DEAN, TAUNTON, IrIA$SAGI'IUSETTS.

TATTING -SHUTTLE.

Specification of Letters Eatent. Patgnted Dec, 20, 1921 Application filed March 10, 1920. Serial No. 364,724.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MiARION E. DEAN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Taunton, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain-new and useful Improvements in Tatting-Shutties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in tatting shuttles.

Tatting is extremely slow work and anything which shortens the amount of work is advantageous. The present shuttle short ens the work and increases the speed of tat-- ting tremendously and it consists in a shuttle having one of its points extending beyond the end of its fellow and this ere tended point has a transverse groove near the end the function of which is to stay the thread after it is picked up, this method being much better than the pick form by e tending the shuttle as heretofore, which has been known to rip the finger of the operator who tats constantly and consequently the shuttle having an extended pick is soon dis carded for the further reason that it interferes with the regular tatting motion and in order to avoid the pick on such a shuttle, after it has made the lingers sore, the one who tats trys to direct the shuttle in a foreign direction to avoid the contact with the pick and thus the speed is lessened where.

as with my present invention these objections are entirely overcome and the speed of tatting is greatly increased.

This'invention includes a combination of the ordinary time honored tatting shuttle with a crochet hook and can be used for tattinp; and eliminates the necessity of using a crochet hook or a pin now commonly employed in connection with the ordinary shut- The numerals 1 and 2, represent the two main IllGDlbQISO'f a tatting shuttle separated by the spacing bloc; 3, around which thread is wound in the usual manner. One end 4:, of the tatting shuttle is preferably of or dinar form whereas the opposite end 5, one member is shortened and rounded, and the adj acent end 6, of the other member projects there beyond and is provided with a transverse V-shaped groove 7, as shown in Fig. 2. r i

Whil either end might be used for tatting, the end 4, would probably be used in the ordinary tatting operation, whereas when t desired to stay the thread after it shall. have been picked up, the end 6, with the groove 7, is'employed to accomplish this. This one instrument is used to do the entire work of tatting thus saving many motions of the hands and consequently a great amount of time in the tatting operation and at the same time obviating the diiiieuities mentionedin the use of a tatting shuttle having an extended pick.

I claim,

A tatting; shuttle including two members secured together with inwardly extendinn spring ends, three of which are tapering and one rounded and shorter than the ad- 'acent end said' aro'ectin ad'acent end i as from the end thereof, the metal of said end I both sides of said groove,'thus maintaining a plain surface and the external surfaces of both members being smooth and free from obstructions, the whole so arranged that either end of said shuttle may be used for tattinp; without fear of catchingthe thread at undesirable times and yet so that when desired the thread may he stayed by said groove.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MARION ELIZABETH DEAN. 

